One hundred fifty years ago this November 29, the Sand Creek Massacre occurred in the southeast corner of the Colorado Territory. At first, settlers in Denver cheered the returning Colorado Volunteers. Then details of the slain women, children and elderly men emerged. The infamy of the events that day reverberate to this day. Rocky Mountain PBS producer Mariel Rodriguez-McGill visited "First Take with Lando and Chavis" to describe a new one-hour television documentary, airing Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Colorado Experience examines one of the lesser-known chapters in American organized crime: the story of the Smaldones, an Italian-American crime family that operated out of Denver. Producer Michael Dondero joined "First Take with Lando and Chavis" with insight on the documentary.